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Meg Kelly

Junior Moriah Scharn qualified for New Englands in the 100-meter hurdles on Saturday, March 29, 2025 at the Black & Gold Invite. (File photo)

Women's Track and Field 3/29/2025 11:51:00 PM Aaron Morse

Women's track and field competes at Bryant's Black & Gold Invitational

SMITHFIELD, R.I. -- The Bates women's outdoor track and field team competed at Bryant University's Black & Gold Invitational on Saturday, turning in a number of strong performances.

Meet Highlights

Junior Moriah Scharn (Dunstable, Mass.) placed seventh out of 24 runners with her time of 16.14 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles, enough to qualify for both the New England Division III Outdoor Championships and the NESCAC Championships. She also qualified for NESCACs in the 400-meter hurdles with her time of 1:12.89.
Senior Isabelle Demeritt (Acton, Mass.) qualified for New Englands with her personal-record time of 4:48.61 in the 1500 meters, good for 12th place out of 60 runners. Three additional Bobcats qualified for NESCACs in the even, with sophomore Leah White (Ann Arbor, Mich.) clocking in at 4:58.77, first-year Mikayla Ferguson (Winchester, Mass.) crossing the finish line in 5:10.64, and senior Julia White (Orono, Maine) recording a time of 5:12.68.
Three Bobcats qualified for New Englands in the 5,000 meters. Senior Sophie Demeritt (Acton, Mass.) led the way, taking ninth place out of 33 runners with her personal-record time of 17:45.49. Sophomore Gwendolyn Anderson (Boone, N.C.) came in 15th in a personal-record mark of 18:19.88 and senior Phoebe Pohl (Weston, Mass.) took 17th in 18:21.7. In addition, senior captain Lily Miller (Claremont, Calif.) qualified for the NESCAC Championships with her time of 18:51.81.
Junior Evelyn Marchand (Trumbull, Conn.) qualified for NESCACs with her time of 2:25.64 in the 800 meters, good for third in her section and 18th place out of 44 runners overall.